GMP will be the first in the UK to record domestic abuse in the LGBTI community in a pledge to tackle under-reported crime. Incidents involving members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and trans will be given a specific code. The initiative was launched on Manchester’s Canal Street with Manchester’s new openly gay Lord Mayor, Councillor Carl Austin-Behan, offering his support alongside Detective Chief Superintendent Vanessa Jardine from GMP, and representatives from Broken Rainbow and LGBTI Foundation.